Video: U.S. Navy photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Hannah Fry via DVIDS (public domain), presented as a narrated photo video.
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) has arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, ahead of Keen Sword 27, the biennial U.S.–Japan field training exercise that runs October 19–29.
Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group 9, pulled in on Friday, October 16, with the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) and the destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). It is the first visit by a non-resident U.S. carrier to Yokosuka in more than four years — and Roosevelt’s first-ever call at the port. The strike group completed a 19-day transit from San Diego, maneuvering around a typhoon on the way across the Pacific.
Keen Sword is designed to strengthen U.S.–Japan interoperability and readiness. This year’s exercise involves some 45,000 Japanese personnel, 6,100 vehicles, 40 ships and 260 aircraft, alongside U.S. forces and partner nations.
The photos in this report are official U.S. Navy photographs by Petty Officer 1st Class Hannah Fry, released via DVIDS (public domain), showing Roosevelt’s arrival at Yokosuka on October 16, 2026. No official video of the arrival was released; this report is presented as a narrated photo video.
